After updating to Earlybird 29.0, I notice in the new message window that the white window for "To:" and "Subject:" now default to the background color until hovered over. Is there a way to get the old "white window" of older versions back? I have a shot of the mail window in SeaMonkey only as an example since I can't get a shot of how the TB window was before the update.

The codes below will give you the "white" background where you marked with the red X that you wanted. However, you will still see some space between the .textbox-addressingWidget and .dummy-row-cell:not(:first-child). It would take too much time to hack the previous default UI back in.

Bozz wrote:I've managed to hack my previous compose window back in. That wasn't fun at all. The biggest problems I had was the up/down margin and padding spacing. I use two lines and the spacing varies with using three lines so what I have in place in conjunction with the rest of the window would not work for public consumption.

The codes below will give you the "white" background where you marked with the red X that you wanted. However, you will still see some space between the .textbox-addressingWidget and .dummy-row-cell:not(:first-child). It would take too much time to hack the previous default UI back in.

I can see the bottom dummy row border and a couple of other alignments that are not quite the same as my setup in your screen shot. I guess it's the theme and/or font sizes your using making a difference. I have no idea how to adjust the codes to compensate.

It is a hack job so it looks like it won't be just right for everyone. Sorry 'bout that.

I can see the bottom dummy row border and a couple of other alignments that are not quite the same as my setup in your screen shot. I guess it's the theme and/or font sizes your using making a difference. I have no idea how to adjust the codes to compensate.

It is a hack job so it looks like it won't be just right for everyone. Sorry 'bout that.

Strange, but after opening the mail window again, the dummy row has re-aligned itself:

Everything looks fine to me. Maybe the other differences you notice are due to our Windows Themes and/or screen resolutions (as well as font choices).

Bozz wrote:Yeah, the border is better now. The other spot was the To: in the selector looks a little low but that looks like theme or font size doing that. If it's good enough for you, I'm satisified.

I disabled your code and the "To:" is still a little low with the default window. It may be my fonts. I'm using the default fonts that TB uses. I haven't changed any. I'm not fussy. If you hadn't pointed it out, I would never have noticed. Good job!

Last edited by L.A.R. Grizzly on September 3rd, 2014, 9:35 am, edited 1 time in total.

If it doesn't show any effect at all, it may be at the wrong location or the spelling may be wrong. On Linux, this should be located at ~/.thunderbird/random.default/chrome/userChrome.css (also watch for correct capitalization of the file name).

plittlefield wrote:I have created a file UserChrome.css in my TB 31 profile folder

Another problem may be a typo somewhere when copy-pasting the code. In Tools > Error Console, do you see any warnings or errors pointing to the userChrome.css file?